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Who invented the train horn?

Anonymous

∙ 11y ago

Updated: 9/14/2023

Trains were equipped with horns or bells or whistles to warn vehicles and pedestrians that they were coming. John Holliday was the one who suggested adding a device like this.

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∙ 11y ago

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